Strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months, US report says
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A report by the Defense Intelligence Agency found that while the US strikes did significant damage, the Iranian nuclear sites were not totally destroyed.
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President Trump has said U.S. strikes on Iran obliterated the country's nuclear program. An early intelligence assessment finds the strikes may only have set it back "a few months."
New intelligence suggests U.S. strikes only set Iran's nuclear back by months, contrary to claims by President Trump that the strikes demolished key nuclear enrichment facilities.
A report by the Defense Intelligence Agency found that while the US strikes did significant damage, the Iranian nuclear sites were not totally destroyed.
A leaked US Defense Intelligence Agency’s assessment said the damage to Iran’s nuclear program from American bombing pushed the program back by months. An Israeli intelligence assessment claimed it pushed it back years. The Trump administration insists it was “obliterated.
The U.S. intelligence community is still assessing the effectiveness of strikes meant to cripple an Iranian nuclear program that may not have existed in the first place.
A Pentagon assessment says US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites only set the program back by months, not years. This contradicts President Donald Trump's repeated claim.
The Trump administration again furiously defended the airstrikes against Iran's nuclear program, claiming the facilities were destroyed. Defense Secretary Hegseth denounced reporting on a leaked initial intelligence assessment that said Iran’s nuclear program was set back by only a few months.
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